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Investment in new smart mobile technology pays off for Kings Security Systems with improved productivity and service levels and elimination of over half a million paper records.

Kings Security Systems, the large Bradford-based independent national security services provider, has boosted efficiency and performance of its field service technicians by deploying Field Link, the scheduling and mobile workforce management technology from mobile network operator EE which incorporates Aeromark's Optimatics technology.

Kings has increased the productivity of its 300 field-based service engineers by 25%, improved customer service levels by 30% and  replaced over half a million paper records with automated electronic documentation.

The company had already been using automated scheduling and mobile applications for over 5 years, but in January 2014, it decided to investigate what improvements could be gained by using the next generation of technology.
After a comprehensive selection process to upgrade its existing systems and improve performance, Kings chose EE Field Link, powered by Aeromark's Optimatics mobile workflow management solution, to replace a number of legacy systems used by its field service division.

Kings’ Engineers cover a wide geographic area, and the reach and reliability of EE’s mobile network combined with the offline capabilities of the Mobile app ensures total system availability. EE Field Link provides Kings with a single platform for dynamic real-time job scheduling, integrated mobile workflows, vehicle tracking and seamless integration with engineers’ devices. This system allows planners central visibility of engineers and jobs, meaning planners can manage the workforce quickly and efficiently. The system shows how many jobs are outstanding and closed, allowing greater visibility and helping Kings to keep its service level agreements with their customers.

Previously, King’s workforce was managed using a variety of solutions from different providers that proved unreliable, and prevented planners having full control over outstanding jobs and locations. The smart mobile technology provides a comprehensive solution that not only integrated with Kings’ existing business processes, but also allowed Kings to launch new processes and features that were previously undeliverable using the old systems.

"Before we started using the Field Link solution from EE and Aeromark, we had a similar system for dispatching calls electronically to engineers’ PDAs. However, Field Link has completely changed the way we work in that we can now see outstanding jobs at the site, or within a radius, improving our planning and boosting efficiency as we deliver an excellent service to our customers." Said Kerrell Cronly, Service Manager at Kings.

 

Within 3 months, Field Link has already helped reduce operational costs and enabled a quicker service delivery. "Since we have been using Field Link, we have seen an increase of over 1 job a day per engineer and a 30% increase in SLAs which is not a result of working longer but by working smarter," said Kerrell.

Steve Evans, Chief Operating Director at Kings said; "Our investment in this new technology was an essential part of our strategic plan. It will enable us to grow significantly with automated and streamlined processes that ensure the service we offer to our customers and our cost base are fully optimised. As a result of the success that the system has delivered for our service division, we have already rolled out the solution to all other divisions within the business."

Anthony King, Chief Executive Officer at Kings said; "EE and Aeromark have a unique technology and agile approach which not only delivered in the agreed timescales and costs but the results exceeded our expectations. That’s almost unheard of with large IT projects and credit goes to the combined team at EE, Aeromark and Kings who have dedicated their time to this project."

 

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Greggs, the UK’s leading bakery food-on-the-go retailer has reported productivity improvements of 60% in their service supply chain after implementing Aeromark Optimatics. In the first six months following moving to Aeromark’s smart technology, Greggs has seen the productivity of their directly employed service engineers  improve from 3.5 to 5.5 completed jobs per day.

In 2012 Greggs recognised improvements were needed to their Shop asset and service management system to allow them to use their own service engineers and outsourced service supply chain more efficiently.

“We needed a system that provided thorough visibility, quick data transfer and scheduling.” Said Chris Metcalfe, Shop Maintenance Manager at Greggs.

Following an intensive review of the market, along with creditable recommendations, Greggs opted for Aeromark Optimatics.“We needed a system that managed the whole process from our assets on site through to efficient scheduling of maintenance, to mobile apps and sub-contractor performance measurement. Whilst we evaluated alternatives, Aeromark Optimatics technology, along with the company’s approach for working with customers was way ahead of the competition.” Metcalfe added

Optimatics provides Greggs shop maintenance team with a single solution for asset management, dynamic real time scheduling of reactive work, integrated mobile workflows, vehicle tracking and seamless integration with subcontractors systems. “This system allows our planners to have full visibility of our engineers and jobs allowing for reactive jobs to be planned quickly and efficiently. The system shows how many jobs are outstanding and closed allowing for retrospective reports on SLA hits to be generated.” Said Metcalfe

Since the deployment of Aeromark Optimatics system, Greggs real time closure of planned and reactive jobs has improved through engineers data capture via effective integrated workflows.Roger Marks, Managing Director of Aeromark commented:

'In the current economy, businesses are looking for ways to lower wastage without having to commit to high capital expenditure. The right mobile workforce management and vehicle tracking systems can offer great value for relatively low investment, and start saving the customer money as soon as they are installed. The key is to find a solution that delivers accurate, reliable data and detailed, configurable reports in order to gain total visibility of your resources.

Greggs investment in the Aeromark Optimatics system has delivered quantifiable savings and continues to improve their customer service levels.

 

 

YO! Sushi, the iconic Japanese restaurant brand has reported successful deployment of Aeromark’s Smart Optimatics technology and immediate return on investment in the first month following implementation.

In 2013 YO! Sushi attended Service Management Expo looking for a system that would improve the management of its Facilities and Assets including conveyor belts, fridges, freezers, cookers and air conditioning units, and its service supply chain for planned and reactive maintenance. Aeromark offered a single configurable solution and within three months the system was deployed, instantly saving management time and associated administration when managing subcontractors.

“Our previous system resulted in needless expenditure, as we had no transparency of costs, which caused a financial impact on the restaurants ongoing expenditure. We needed a system that provided visibility and central control of finance, to ensure that faulty assets were fixed immediately within budget.” Said Mike Bonaker, Facilities Manager at YO! Sushi.

Following evaluation on different facilities management software at the Service Management Expo, YO! Sushi chose Aeromark Optimatics. “The ability for their system to be configured to meet exactly what we needed in terms of keeping the restaurant equipment and facilities running smoothly, faster response times to our restaurants and complete audit trails of subcontractor performance, are the reasons why we chose Optimatics as opposed to other software on the shelf” said Mike.

Optimatics provides YO! Sushi restaurant managers with a single solution for asset management, a central storage for all data and integration with subcontractor systems. “This system allows restaurant managers to plan reactive jobs quickly and efficiently by simply using a Smartphone to scan the QR code on the faulty asset. The trouble ticket is then emailed to the subcontractor and they update the status allowing for reports on service level agreement hits to be generated” said Mike.

Since the deployment of Aeromark Optimatics Asset Management, YO! Sushi’s assets costs and service intervals have improved through the visibility of subcontracting service history.

“We find this systematic approach to operating much easier and we are reassured that the restaurant facilities will continue to be addressed within service level agreement as we are constantly tweaking features of the system to meet the needs of our business.” said Mike.

YO! Sushi’s deployment of Aeromark Optimatics system has been essential to restaurant efficiency and service supply chain and therefore continues to improve their customer service levels.

 

 

 

Contact information: 

Key Contact: Phillip Hoare, Head of Sales
Phone: +44 (0) 845 330 5757
Web: www.aeromark.co.uk
Email: sales@aeromark.co.uk

 

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Services Provided by Aeromark:

 

• Comprehensive modular Service Management System
• Service and Asset Management - Assets, Contracts, Warranty, Rates, SLA management
• Workforce Scheduling - Full roadmap for scheduling and optimisation from Drag and Drop to Fully Dynamic to fit your business process.
• Agile mobile apps for ePOD, Field Service Apps, Inspections, Surveys and other mobile data capture tasks
• GPS Tracking - From simple mobile tracking or fitted GPS tracking, to fully fitted enhanced telematics

 

 

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About Aeromark:

Aeromark is at the forefront of Service and Asset management, Scheduling, Mobile App and GPS tracking innovation since 1990.

Optimatics, is Aeromark’s smarter Mobile Workforce Management software designed specifically for service based businesses, to make managing a field based workforce as effective as possible. Optimatics comprises four individual modules; Service and Asset Management, Workforce Scheduling, Mobile Apps and GPS tracking. The four modules can be used independently in conjunction with existing systems or used as a whole where they are seamlessly integrated together.

Combined, the Optimatics modules provide one of the most powerful Service Management solutions available, delivering previously unattainable process improvements that enables businesses to make game changing decisions and achieve optimum efficiency.

For more information, please visit www.aeromark.co.uk or connect with us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/AeromarkLtd and LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/aeromark

 

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